The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-09
FLORIDA

urday.
There will be held in Dade City in the
early fall a Masonic gathering on grand
scale, lasting several days.
At meeting of the trustees of the An
! thony graded school a few days ago, Prof
John w. Paine, Jr, of Collieistown, va,
| was elected principal of the school; Miss
May Jenkins, of Eustis, Fla, first assistant,
and Miss Emma Smith, of Anthony, second
assistant.
An object of curiosity to the average pc
destrian on Bay street, jacksonville, is One
! Of the Finest" who goes around armed with
| two clubs. He carries a 26-inch locust in
his belt, and in close proximity to this he
has shorter billy. The supposition is that
when he makes an arrest Of such a contln-
| gency should ever arise he carries one for
the accommodation of the other fellow, SO
that each will be ON an equal footing with
the other.
| At Blackwater, Judge John Chain, who
| died at his home in Milton, Fla, Thursday,
was buried Friday by the Masonic order.
| Judge Chain was very old, but notwith-
| standing his extreme agesle never used eye
glasses and walked erect and without
| stick. He had filled the office of Judge of
| Probate for n number OF years George
| Marquis, Sr., will be his successor, he hav-
| ing been appointed by the Governor few
days ago, Judge Chains time having ex-
| pired.
The first county officers of DrSoto county
are: County Judge, Oscar 7. Stanford,
| Court Commissioner, E. B. Carlton; Clerk,
| Deshong; Assessor, B. G.. Granger; Col
| lector, II. L. Carlton; Treasurer, F. B.
| Hagan; Surveyor Bud P. Clark; Commits
sioners, Peter Brown, S. T. Langford, NJ. G.
| Carlton, r. O. Parker, B. f. Richards
School Board, w. L. Carlton, J. w. Hen
dry, II. H. Norris, William Smith, M. F.
| Gideons; Superintendent of Schools Rev.
| I. J. Sparkman.
| The following is a correct list of the post
| offices of DeSoto county, and their distances
| from Fort Ogden: Arcadia. T. j. Herndon,
| IL miles; Bowling Green, w. J. Mason, 80
| miles; Calvina, j. G.. Langwell, 2S miles
| Castalia, Mrs. Harris, - miles; Charlotte
| Harbor, T. S. Knight, IL miles; Cleveland,
| Alice Holleyman, 10 miles; Crewsvile, d.
| d. Crews, Jr., 40 miles; English, - McCon-
nell, 35 miles; Ft. Green, A. w. Hendry, 80
miles; FIT. Ogden, J. O. Carr; Grove City,
| Frank II. Hafer, % miles; Liverpool, John
| Cross, 8 miles; Nocatee, E. II. McQuady, 8
| miles, Pine Level, J. NJ. Bourland, II miles
| Trabue, Is miles.
At Chattahoochee the river is still rising
and the rain continues Reports received
| from points on the Flint and Chattahoochee
| rivers above are not encouraging, and it Is
| feared there is a big rise to follow. The
overflow is already a most disastrous one, as
| all the crops on the river lands, which were
so promising few days ago, and also large
| number of stock are destroyed. The passage
| of trains over the railroad bridge at Chatta-
| hoochee is suspended on account of an ac-
| emulation of drift timber against the piers,
| which may eventually sweep the bridge
| away. The mails and passengers for the
| West are transferred in small boats.
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| from some Of the United States prisoners
who were recently removed from the county
| Jail in jacksonville TO that in Monticello in
| pursuance to orders from Washington,
| begging him to use his influence to have
| them transferred back to the Duval county
| Jail. The writer says that they have not
had square meal of palatable food since
they have been there, that the jail is not fit
| for beasts to live in, to say nothing of
human beings, and that they are not even
furnished with soap and water with which
to battle themselves when they desire to dc
SO. They say that they are anxious to get
back there, where they can get plenty OF
good substantial food, good health, fresh
water to drink and battle in, and some fresh
air to breathe.
Walter Noble, a young colored man, was
up in the city hall at Jacksonville Saturday
| to inform the authorities of the condition
of an old and helpless white woman, living
about two miles out on the road to Ever
| green Cemetery. He was passing her house
when her feeble cries for help were heard
by him, and upon going to the house he dis.
covered this woman, Mrs. TRAY, lying in a
helpless condition. A son of about 25 years
was lying in the room, entirely helpless
| from the effects of paralysis. Another
woman was staying there, but, like the
other two, she was crippled, and unable tc
work. The room was in very filthy con
dition, from the fact that none of them
were able to do the necessary cleaning.
Mrs TRAY told him that all the food that
they had had in four days was some hominy
which had been given to them. The case
being out of the jurisdiction of the city au
thorities, he was referred to DIR. A. w
Knight, of the County Health Board.
Two of LaVilla's policemen are in trouble
| Mayor Bowden has had reports for some
time that members of his force were in the
habit of DESERVING their posts every night
and going to houses occupied by fast women
and only coming out long enough to answer
their hourly calls and going back again tc
the houses. He put spies on their tracks
with orders to watch them for three or foul
nights and report to him. Saturday night
he decided TO take the matter in his owr
hands. He made the tour of the beats and
found Isaiah Small, officer No. |, and
Robert johnson, officer No. 2, both colored
| gone from tnelr respective posts. BY
making a slight search he found them in d
house of ill-fame. He demanded their club,
and badges, which was complied with by
Small but johnson claimed that he had loSt
his. Small is hard case. He was up befor,
the police commissioners last week, charged
with robbing prisoner of 90c. The evi
dence was convincing, but for some reason
he was retained.
James Mcclure, who disappeared or
Monday last from St Augustine in n stat,
of insanity, caused by excessive drinking
and whose clothing was found on the rail
road nine miles from Jacksonville, has beer
discovered. A colored woman by the nam,
of Fanny Turner, who lives at Bowden
while driving cattle home at dusk Saturday
last discovered Mcclure in nude state il
the woods about three miles away from the
railroad. She Immediately went to the
house of Anderson Arnold and notified him
of the fact. Mr.. Arnold called OF
f. Il. Bowden, and, mounting Their
horses, the two went in search of the de
mented unfortunate. They found Mcclure
crouching near the foot of pine tree, Ell
tirely naked. On being approached h,
seemed much frightened, but on being as
sured that he would not be harmed he be
came calm Mr.. Arnold asked MIR. McCiur,
what he was doing, and lie answered that h
had got on q little spree and lost his way
He said that he had not had anything to eat
in five days, and was TRYING to find the way